Subject: Re: [HACKERS] ECPG thread-safety
From: Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in>,
	PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
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References: <200305261744.h4QHi4n08217@candle.pha.pa.us>
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Date: 26 May 2003 13:55:13 -0400

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On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 13:44, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Rod Taylor wrote:
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> > On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 13:06, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> > > > On Friday 28 March 2003 21:45, you wrote:
> > > > > For testing the library, I think it is enough to init an thread a=
ttr. like
> > > > > pthread_init_attr, that should be enough to test header and libra=
ry.
> > > >=20
> > > > And compiler flags, I forgot.. -pthread on freeBSD/gcc and -D_REENT=
RANT on=20
> > > > linux at least. FreeBSD needs _THREAD_SAFE as well IIRC.
> > >=20
> > > Are you saying FreeBSD actually has a -pthread compiler flag?  And Li=
nux
> > > needs REENTRANT.  We can do that.  Here is an updated patch.  Of cour=
se,
> > > I need to run autoconf too.
> >=20
> > If I'm not mistaken, you use -lpthread on FreeBSD 4.x, and -lc_r on
> > FreeBSD 5.x.
>=20
> Thanks.  Patch updated and attached.  Are there any FreeBSD 3.X machines
> still around that have pthread.h?

You're more likely to run into a 2.x BSD box than a 3.x one :) Early
releases of 4.x were unusually good and very pain free for an upgrade
from 3.x.

I couldn't tell you about 3.x as I never did anything outside of
installing ports.
--=20
Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>

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